U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron ...

Less than a decade ago, researchers found a peculiar phase of matter where the electrons of a particular compound would ...

It consists of a combination of highly ordered "cold" spins and highly disordered "hot" spins, and it has thus been dubbed "half ice, half fire." The researchers discovered the new phase while ...

What is Plastic Ice VII? Plastic Ice VII is a unique phase of water initially predicted through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations over 15 years ago. It combines the properties of both solids and ...

The new phase comes in the form of a pattern of electron spins—half of which are highly ordered, or "cold", and the rest of ...

Discovering and controlling exotic physical states is key in condensed matter physics and materials science. It has the ...

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a brand-new phase of matter in a ...